Sr. Manager, Tax at Avalara

United States

What You'll Do As a Tax Senior Manager on Avalara's Global Tax team, you will report to the Indirect Tax Director and focus on Avalara's indirect tax compliance function. Your work spans US state and local indirect taxes, Canadian and UK indirect taxes, property taxes, and other non-income tax matters. You will have hands-on responsibility for compliance, tax accounting, audit defense, and collaboration. The Tax Senior Manager can be remote within the United States. This is an individual contributor role with no direct reports. #LI-Remote What Your Responsibilities Will Be Lead the global indirect tax accounting and compliance lifecycle, including maintaining indirect tax general ledger accounts, ensuring accurate indirect tax filings, and making tax payments. You will be the primary reviewer of calculations, forms, and other information related to indirect taxes. This includes property, sales, gross receipts, use, franchise, and digital service taxes. Additionally, serve as preparer. Manage global external tax service providers and supply them with, complete, and accurate information. You will lead indirect tax audits, including coordinating responses, communicating directly with auditors, gathering and reviewing supporting documentation, and maintaining audit files and correspondence records. Work across time zones with global stakeholders, including other teams, service providers, and tax authorities. Evaluate existing indirect tax processes with a focus toward improvement; identify opportunities to enhance efficiency, accuracy, and scalability through better workflows, automation, or technology. Research indirect tax technical issues, documenting facts, issues, and conclusions completely. Oversee the impact of evolving indirect tax laws and regulations, keeping stakeholders informed and processes aligned. Implement tax-related internal controls and maintain internal control documentation. You will support payroll tax technical matters and create or review state income tax apportionment computations, where needed. What You'll Need to be Successful Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field; CPA or advanced degree (MST/JD/LLM). 7+ years of relevant experience in public accounting and/or in industry, with meaningful exposure to US indirect tax compliance. You have hands-on experience with US state and local indirect tax, including sales and use tax compliance, tax accounting, audit defense, and taxability analysis; familiarity with GST and VAT. Experience Identifying opportunities to improve existing processes to produce a more efficient and accurate indirect tax compliance function. You have general familiarity with US GAAP financial reporting concepts, including the ability to prepare journal entries, account reconciliations, and supporting schedules following standard accounting principles. Research, analytical, and documentation skills Proficiency in Excel and comfort working with large volumes of structured data; familiarity with general ledger systems and tax compliance technology, including Avalara products and NetSuite. Experience explaining indirect tax requirements and positions to non-tax stakeholders Pay Range Details The base pay range(s) below are provided in compliance with state specific laws. Pay ranges may be different in other locations. Colorado $136,400-$225,000 (annually) Washington $136,400-$248,600 (annually) California $136,400-$272,500 (annually) NYC $165,100-$272,500 (annually) The pay range above is the general base pay range for a successful candidate in the state listed. The successful candidate’s actual salary/wage may be based on various factors, such as geographic location, candidate experience and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations. This role is eligible for an annual bonus based on individual and company performance, depending on the terms of the applicable plan and the employee’s role. Avalara is an AI-first Company AI is embedded in our workflows, decision-making, and products. Success here requires embracing AI as an essential capability. You’ll bring experience using AI and AI-related technologies, ready to thrive here. You’ll apply AI every day to business challenges - improving efficiency, contributing solutions, and driving results for your team, our company, and our customers. You’ll grow with AI by staying curious about new trends and best practices, and by sharing what you learn so others can benefit too. How We'll Take Care of You Total Rewards In addition to a great compensation package, paid time off, and paid parental leave, many Avalara employees are eligible for bonuses. Health & Wellness Benefits vary by location but generally include private medical, life, and disability insurance. Inclusive culture and diversity Avalara strongly supports diversity, equity, and inclusion, and is committed to integrating them into our business practices and our organizational culture. We also have a total of 8 employee-run resource groups, each with senior leadership and exec sponsorship. What You Need To Know About Avalara We’re defining the relationship between tax and tech. We’ve already built an industry-leading cloud compliance platform, processing over 54 billion customer API calls and over 6.6 million tax returns a year. Our growth is real - we're a billion dollar business - and we’re not slowing down until we’ve achieved our mission - to be part of every transaction in the world. We’re bright, innovative, and disruptive, like the orange we love to wear. It captures our quirky spirit and optimistic mindset. It shows off the culture we’ve designed, that empowers our people to win. We’ve been different from day one. Join us, and your career will be too. We’re An Equal Opportunity Employer Supporting diversity and inclusion is a cornerstone of our company — we don’t want people to fit into our culture, but to enrich it. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, age, gender, national orientation, disability, sexual orientation, US Veteran status, or any other factor protected by law. If you require any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know.